A 12-meter tall Godzilla replica from the neck upwards, based on the original 1954 film, will grace a terrace on the eighth floor of the Toho Shinjuku Building, a commercial complex located in the middle of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho red-light district.

The building contains the 12-screen Toho Cinemas Shinjuku theater. A terrace on the eighth floor will allow visitors to stroll past the Godzilla structure, which is visible from nearby Yasukuni-dori, a street that borders the Kabukicho area.

The site of the project was once the home to the Koma Toho theater, which was in the basement of the Koma Theater building. Until it closed in 2008, the Koma Theater was a home to kabuki and enka performances for more than five decades. In 2008, both venues shut down in preparation for demolition.